Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ingek

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Ingek.

Etymology

Derived from the unattested root *in and cognate to *in-gen (“female camel”). Akin to Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (uni, “ox”) and Proto-Mongolic *ünixen (“cow”), compare Mongolian үнээ (ünee).

Noun

*ingek

cow

Related terms

*in
*ingen

Descendants

Medieval
- Karakhanid: اِنكاكْ‎ (ingek), اِنْكَكْ‎ (ingek)
- Old Turkic
  - Orkhon: 𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰛‏‎ (ingek)
  - Old Uyghur: ՚ynk՚k (ingek)
- Kipchak:
  - Cuman: [script needed] (inek)
  - Mamluk-Kipchak: [script needed] (inek)
- Khorezmian: [script needed] (inek)
Oghuz
- West Oghuz
  - Azerbaijani: inək
  - Gagauz: inek
  - Ottoman Turkish: انك‏‎‎ (inek)
    - Turkish: inek
  - Salar: [script needed] (inex)
Kipchak
- West Kipchak
  - Kumyk: инек
  - Karachay-Balkar: ийнек
- South Kipchak
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak
    - Kyrgyz: инек (inek)
    - Southern Altai: ийнек (iynek), инек (inek)
Karluk:
- Chagatai: اينك‎ (inek)
  - Uyghur: ئىنەك‎ (inek)
Siberian
- North Siberian
  - Yakut: ынах (ınax)
- South Siberian
  - Western Yugur: [script needed] (inek)
  - Sayan Turkic
    - Tuvan: инек (ïnäk)
    - Tofa: инэк
    - Soyot: инэк (ïnäk), инәк (ïnәk)
  - Yenisei Turkic
    - Khakas: інек (ínek)
    - Shor: инек
Oghur:
- Chuvash: ӗне (ĕne)
→ Hungarian: ünő

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*in-gek (/*ɨn-gak), *in-ken”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ingek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 184